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March 4, 2021
Although settlements are starting to close some matters in the consolidated lawsuit purporting anticompetitive conduct in the chicken processing marketplace, some restaurants are just joining the matter, adding their allegations to many others. On Wednesday, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated filed a complaint in the matter, and on Monday a complaint was filed by Supply Management Services, Inc., a Georgia corporation which supplies Popeyeâs restaurants. Â
The Cheesecake Factoryâs complaint, which has been moved into the Northern District of Illinois consolidated matter, cited that the California-based company operates 294 restaurants in the United States and Canada. It has contracted with the defendants, which includes multiple chicken processing companies, to provide its supply of broiler chickens through its distributors Nealy Foods, Inc. and Halpernsâ Steak and Seafood Company. These distributors reportedly